Being amongst the hubbub at the Women in Law Conference last September, you could almost see the waves of inspiration flowing in the air. And midst the well established legal experts and fresh-faced, newly qualified lawyers, we met Alexandra Marks, who had set out to educate solicitors so that they could, one day, considering taking […]
In April this year, global media giant Sky named Claire Canning, a former Olswang Partner, as its new General Counsel for UK and Ireland. For Claire, this development has presented a variety of new and exciting opportunities, challenges and fresh perspective. Lawyer Monthly hears from Claire Canning on her day to day role and on […]
We hear from Ruth Grant, a now-retired Partner at Hogan Lovells, who tells us about how she did it. Offering some valuable insights, she speaks on how law firms can support women to become Managing Partner, and ways in which stereotyping in the legal sphere can be tackled. Inclusion is about creating an environment where […]
We speak to five successful lawyers from Keystone Law, one of the UK’s top 100 law firms, about their experiences working in the legal industry. Keystone Law operates with a focus on innovation, achieved through a flatter organisational model to better recognise, retain and promote talent across their business. While many law firms talk about […]
With women commonly finding themselves being the only female wearing a hard hat, and being one of the few in the board room, the construction industry is still working hard to ensure that the predisposed notion that the sector is ‘males only’ is eradicated. Below, we hear from lawyers specialising in construction law and how […]
And many of us, whether we were inspired by movies or a hard-hitting event occurring on the other side of the globe, have at one point been motivated, and somewhat simultaneously disheartened, by witnessing the fight for human rights. For some lawyers, human rights may have been the first push into them realising law was […]
The survey of over 3000 adults in the UK shows over two-thirds of women (66%) have suffered from imposter syndrome compared to over half of men (56%) within the last 12 months. This raises a significant question: are women more likely to experience feeling inadequate in the workplace? In light of the study, Lucinda Pullinger, […]
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